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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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